Trumpenomics
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Don't forget 4.5 million kids under the age of 5 dead by 2030 due to the US AID cut. Not saying reform wasn't needed perhaps, but if wea re talking about policies and their preventions...
@89th said in Trumpenomics:
Don't forget 4.5 million kids under the age of 5 dead by 2030 due to the US AID cut. Not saying reform wasn't needed perhaps, but if wea re talking about policies and their preventions...
If children in South Africa die of dehydration or diseases born by bad water, then they died because of a lack of clean water, not because of funding cuts in a nation that is being treated as an antogonist by their own government. And if you would like to prevent these children’s deaths from bad water, you can help by donating here: https://thewaterproject.org/ There are other charities working towards the same goal.
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Personally I'm glad I'm unable to see videos of the people who have died and will die due to the abrupt removal of USAID support. Seeing 4K videos of them would make it much harder to me to be ok with the devastating impact of an abrupt withdrawal instead of a prudent adjustment with planning involved. The earth was overpopulated anyway!
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You can prevent those deaths, 89th. $15K will build a well that could save hundreds of children’s lives. Even if you can’t afford an entire well, you can help contribute. Say $50 per month? That’s less than a daily coffee! If you don’t, then those kids are dead because of you.
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Then they are dead and it’s your fault.
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According to Givewell (the effective altruism org founded by a couple of Bridgewater traders) the marginal cost of saving a life is about 8k. It varies over time but last time I checked buying mosquito nets was the cheapest way to save a life.
(It’s always some sort of non-pharmaceutical intervention to reduce infectious disease in Africa.)
